[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 116 (Monday, September 18, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9665-S9666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--H.R. 4954


                Amendment No. 4997, as Further Modified

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding passage of H.R. 4954, the Menendez amendment No. 4997 
be modified with the changes at the desk.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4997), as further modified, is as follows:

       On page 18, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:
       (b) Risk Management Plan.--
       (1) In general.--Under the direction of the Commandant of 
     the Coast Guard, each Area Maritime Security Committee shall 
     develop a Port Wide Risk Management Plan that includes--
       (A) security goals and objectives, supported by a risk 
     assessment and an evaluation of alternatives;
       (B) a management selection process; and
       (C) active monitoring to measure effectiveness.
       (2) Risk assessment tool.--The Secretary of the Department 
     in which the Coast Guard is operating shall make available, 
     and Area Maritime Security Committees shall use, a risk 
     assessment tool that uses standardized risk criteria, such as 
     the Maritime Security Risk Assessment Tool used by the Coast 
     Guard, to develop the Port Wide Risk Management Plan.

       On page 19, line 16, strike ``and''.
       On page 19, line 18, strike the period at the end and 
     insert ``; and''.
       On page 19, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
       ``(3) is consistent with the Port Wide Risk Management Plan 
     developed under section 111(b) of the Port Security 
     Improvement Act of 2006.
       On page 19, strike line 24 and insert the following:


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     for Preparedness, may require.
       ``(h) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of the Port Security Improvement Act of 2006, 
     the Secretary, acting through the Commandant of the Coast 
     Guard, shall submit a report to Congress, in a secure format, 
     describing the methodology used to allocate port security 
     grant funds on the basis of risk.''.

     

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